Gramps
Mayor
Depending on how you read the tea leaves both Obama and Romney are underdogs in the upcoming election -- or so polls would tend to indicate. A deadheat would classify them as also runs to one another if you factor in the claims of either side over where their candidate stands.
So, I asked a conservative friend of mind what he thinks Mitt's chances are and he believes he's got and edge, perhaps, because the economy isn't faring well and he has the background of an economist as opposed to Obama who is, in his opinion, nothing more than a career politician. How about that? I told him to get serious and he informed me he is serious. However, backing up the clock I reminded him how often, after Obama won the last election, he'd referred to him with unsavory terms, the "N" word being one of them. And I suggested he still harbored such feelings and that was at least partly what influenced his sudden clamor for Mitt. "NO! I'm not a racist."
Then trying to look at the election from a liberal's point of view (which is yours truly's position) I told him I thought the economy had improved and that I didn't think Mitt qualified as an economist anymore than Obama if you factored both of their backgrounds. And that I doubted whether Mitt was actually closing the gap between he and Obama that existed just a month ago now that he is the apparent choice. And I told him that being classified as the underdog might work better for Obama than Romney because it would trigger a "get out the vote campaign" that might draw more Dems to the polls. I suggested that customarily Reps vote as opposed to Dems who tend to get lethargic if there is no challenge.
So, I'm curuous over what you people think about the "real" possibilities without diving into a controversial dogfight with rude inuendoes. Is it really that close? Do you think it will be close come November? And what factor do you think will be the topic that influences which way to vote?
Frankly, at this stage of the game, I'm puzzled over the possibility that the two are in a deadheat if I factor in the "women's vote" along with "minorities" and "political beliefs" and recollections of what led us into this quagmire four years ago. More often than not the incumbent has an edge and I think that when it comes time to "X" the spot enough people will pause and ask themselves if they want to make a radical change such as Romney and his party intend to make.
Gramps
So, I asked a conservative friend of mind what he thinks Mitt's chances are and he believes he's got and edge, perhaps, because the economy isn't faring well and he has the background of an economist as opposed to Obama who is, in his opinion, nothing more than a career politician. How about that? I told him to get serious and he informed me he is serious. However, backing up the clock I reminded him how often, after Obama won the last election, he'd referred to him with unsavory terms, the "N" word being one of them. And I suggested he still harbored such feelings and that was at least partly what influenced his sudden clamor for Mitt. "NO! I'm not a racist."
Then trying to look at the election from a liberal's point of view (which is yours truly's position) I told him I thought the economy had improved and that I didn't think Mitt qualified as an economist anymore than Obama if you factored both of their backgrounds. And that I doubted whether Mitt was actually closing the gap between he and Obama that existed just a month ago now that he is the apparent choice. And I told him that being classified as the underdog might work better for Obama than Romney because it would trigger a "get out the vote campaign" that might draw more Dems to the polls. I suggested that customarily Reps vote as opposed to Dems who tend to get lethargic if there is no challenge.
So, I'm curuous over what you people think about the "real" possibilities without diving into a controversial dogfight with rude inuendoes. Is it really that close? Do you think it will be close come November? And what factor do you think will be the topic that influences which way to vote?
Frankly, at this stage of the game, I'm puzzled over the possibility that the two are in a deadheat if I factor in the "women's vote" along with "minorities" and "political beliefs" and recollections of what led us into this quagmire four years ago. More often than not the incumbent has an edge and I think that when it comes time to "X" the spot enough people will pause and ask themselves if they want to make a radical change such as Romney and his party intend to make.
Gramps
